they need *you*

excerpt from Chasing Francis: A Pilgrims Tale

"Do you know the story of Rabbi Zusya?" he asked.  "He was a Chasidic master who lived in the 1700s.  One day he said, "When I get to the heavenly court, God will not ask me, 'Why weren't you Moses?' Rather He will ask me, 'Why were you not Zusya?' "  

"Churches should be places where people come to hear the story of God and to tell their own.  That's how we find out how the two relate.  Tell your story with all of its shadows and fog, so people can understand their own.  They want a leader who's authentic, someone trying to figure out how to follow the Lord Jesus in the joy and wreckage of life.  They need you, not Moses." 

Tell your story. With all it's shadows and fog, so people can understand their own.